(FILES) The Apple logo is seen in this September 11, 2012 file photo at the Yerba Buena Center for Arts in San Francisco. Apple's quarterly profit soared to a record $18 billion on the back of unprecedented iPhone sales, the tech giant said January 27, 2015. The California-based Apple posted record revenue of $74.6 billion in the quarter, during which 74.5 million iPhones were sold. Apple also set new records in the quarter for sales of Macintosh computers and revenue from digital goods on the shelves of its Apple Store. AFP PHOTO / Kimihiro HOSHINO / FILES

“Apple believes all people should be treated equally. That’s why we think all Australians should be able to marry the person they love,” Apple said.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has increasingly taken a stand on civil issues in the past few years, supported marriage equality in the United States and taken his fight to protect people’s privacy to the FBI in a recent high-profile case.

In 2013, Apple was one of 300 major corporations who came out in supports of gay marriage in the United States.

Apple joins a list of high-profile companies who have come out in support of marriage equality in Australia, including Optus, the ANZ and Commonwealth banks and Qantas.

Telstra received a public backlash when it first supported marriage equality, then publicly decided to walk away from that before recommitting its support in the wake of criticism of its apparent reversal.